audio things

1 min read 2021-11-25 22:00:00

The Nine Circles Audio Thing: First Fragment was October 2021’s Album of the Month!

One Zero Zero, baby! Episode 100 of The Nine Circles Audio Thing is here, and after a September break the AOTM is back and covering the sophomore

1 min read 2021-11-23 23:00:00

Image courtesy of David Stepanavicius Vancouver’s Atræ Bilis made quite the splash with last year’s EP Divinihility and nearly overnight

1 min read 2021-11-20 22:24:17

That’s it: we’re officially in End of Year territory now. The big guns are coming out, as Decibel Magazine preemptively shared their Top 40 of

1 min read 2021-11-13 22:00:00

We’re kicking through November, and I’m here with my usual: a steaming cup of coffee in a cup big enough to swim in, and a playlist of all the

1 min read 2021-11-06 21:00:00

The cold weather’s finally kicked in. I’ve got a steaming cup of coffee so big I need two hands to bring its caffeinated goodness to my lips,

1 min read 2021-11-03 22:00:00

Your Time To Shine is Monolord‘s fifth full length release since exploding onto the doom metal scene back in 2014 with their excellent

1 min read 2021-04-13 22:00:00

Bionic Swarm, the debut from Cryptosis has become an early favorite for many of the staff at Nine Circles. Jamming together old school thrash,

1 min read 2021-04-02 22:00:00

Welcome back to another edition of Technically Inclined! In Round 3, we took a gander at Quebecois quartet Beyond Creation, and their debut

1 min read 2021-03-30 22:00:00

Episode 71 of The Nine Circles Audio Thing covers the debut full length from South Carolina’s Demiser, Through the Gate Eternal. Buke again

1 min read 2021-03-24 22:00:00

Capra has caught lightning in a bottle on their upcoming full length debut In Transmission. It’s equal parts metal, punk, and hardcore but the

1 min read 2021-03-17 22:00:00

Cave Of Swimmers have been around since 2012 and have finally released their debut full length Aurora. And what a surprise it is after two EP’s

2 min read 2021-03-10 23:00:00

Episode 68 of The Nine Circles Audio Thing showcases just how musically polarizing The Ruins of Beverast have been and continue to be on their

1 min read 2021-03-05 23:00:00

We’re back for another round of Technically Inclined! Episode 2 — which, for those keeping score at home, means this idea already has more

1 min read 2021-03-03 23:00:00

Cannibal Corpse have been an absolute death metal juggernaut for over thirty years now and have long since past the point of having to prove

1 min read 2021-02-21 23:00:00

Woohoo, it’s new segment time! Technically Inclined will be a new jam here on the Audio Thing, devoted primarily to appreciating the